The romance of Norwalk, Part 40

Author: Danenberg, Elsie N. (Elsie Nicholas), 1900-
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: New York City, States History Co
Number of Pages: 568


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Reed, Matthew, 170


Redding, 99, 100, 167, 190; trains, 219, 220, 233; in Civil War, 299; in blizzard, 369 Reid, W. B., 327


Reid, William, 38


Reiffele, Carl, 437


Reinecke, William, 437


Reliance Fire Co., 310, 332


Relyea, Albert, 406


Reorg. Church, Jesus Christ,


Latter Day Saints, 234


Republican women, 421


Reservoirs, Grupe's, Brown's, Scott's, and Spring Hill, 317; Crystal Lake, 318; City Lake, 319


Ressigue or Ressique, Alexander, 78, 102, 103


Revolutionary War; Norwalk sides with King in pre war up- risings, 128, 129; rumblings, 134; patriotism here, 136; prices during, 140; generals in, 141- 143; Ridgefield and Danbury


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INDEX


burned, 144; Tories, 146; burn Fairfield, 151; in Norwalk, 152- 162


Reynolds Alton, 417; Bernard, 389; Charles, 293; Lester, 240; Terence, 230 Riccio Brothers, 416, 417


Ricco, Giovanni, 402


Rich, John, 160, 161


Richards, James, 135, 153, 154,


170; John, 169; Nathaniel, 31, 32, 38, 44, 57, 63; Samuel, 135 Richmond, Thomas, 294


Rider, Harry, 309, 371, 389, 393, 431


Rider, Mary G., 58, 371


Ridgefield, 25, 77, 78, 92, 99, 100, 141, 142, 143; burned, 144, 145,


161; 262; in Civil War, 298, 299 Riggio, Corrado, 242


Riordan, Michael J., 389


Rivalry, between horse cars, 312


River, Norwalk, 149


Roach, John, 82, 295


Roaten, 27, 64, 65


Roberts, Colonel, 259; David, 350; George, 303; Grace, 403; Nathan, 417


Robertson, Edward, Mrs., 334


Robins, Thomas, 389


Robinson, David, 437 Robinson, Thomas, 268


"Rocks," see "The Rocks" Rockwell, Isaac, 206; Jonathan, 100; Joseph, Jr, 103 Roger Ludlow School, 251, 258 Rogers and Stevens, 324, 429 Rogers, Charles, 398, 429; Dr., 166; Elizabeth, 132; Hezekiah, 150, 189; Moses, Mrs., 132; Su- sannah, 132; Uriah, 135, 141 Roodner, Samuel, 433; Mrs., 423 Rooney, Frank, 382 Roosevelt School, 251, 255


Root, Harvey, 443


Rosenblatt, Hollub, 427 Rosenthal, Doris, 437 Rotary, 421 Roth and Goldschmidt, 428 Roton Point, 27; bell, 310; Fish Is. oyster bed, 358; 426 Rough Hat Co., 290 Round Hill, 154


Rowan, Frederick, 228 Rowan, Robert H., 227, 327, 337


Rowayton, 2, 27, 32, 33, 34, 95; Tories in, 146, 147, 148; mill, 187; M. E. Church, 192; Baptist church, 233; school, 251, 254; fire company, 309; cars, 313; water, 319; library, 331; post- office, 373; railroad, 374; inven- tion, 386


Rowayton Baptist Church, 233


Rowayton Hose Co., 307, 309, 310 Rowayton Library, 310, 331; bene- fits, 332; librarians, 332


Rowayton Methodist Church, 192 Rowayton Post office, 373


Rowayton School, 251, 255


Rowayton Yacht Club, 441


Rowland, Andrew, 124


Rummler, Alexander, 389; Jose- phine, 403 Runckenunnett, 32, 33


Runckinheage, or Runckingheage, 32, 33, 65


Rundle's Bakery, 334


Rusco, John, 31, 38, 44, 78, 84, 264; William, 44


Ruskoe, Nathaniel, 31


Russell, Adolphus, Mrs., 421; Arthur, Mrs., 45, 47; Downes, 417; J. E., Mrs., 116; James, 292, 294; John, 230, 258


Rye, 75, 76


Sabbaths, "sour and sad," 95 Sabel Hat Co., 290


Safety, Bd. Public, 391


Safety window invention, 353 Safir, Leo, 428


Sail Packets, 216


St. George, Lewis, 296; Mildred, 403


St. John, C. C. 266; Charles, 252; Daniel, 135; George, 245, 378; Joseph, 206; Josiah, 134; Mat- thew, 100; Matthias, 100; Moses, 135; Mrs., 134, 164, 165; Nathan, 168; Samuel, 100; Stephen, 130; 135, 168, 171, 172, 206; William, 168, 176, 245


St. Joseph's R. C. Church, 231, 235, 239; school, 258 St. Ladislaus, 231, 239 St. Mary's R. C. Church, 229, 230; school, 230, 258 St. Paul's, 98, 107, 136, 148;


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INDEX


burned, 164; new church after Rev., 176, 213, 230, 235, 236, 237 St. Peter's Church, 240


Salaries, schoolteachers, 253


Salt, scarce, 138


Salvation Army, 243, 399


Sammis house, 177


Sammis, Dr., 409; Mrs., 316; Wil- liam, 372


Sanborn, Elwin, 444 :


Sandy Hammock; 414, 479


Sanford, Eli, 244


Sanger, Helen, 403


Sanitarium, 425


"Sanitary Control, Shell Fish In- dus. of U. S." 361


Sanitary rules for oyster indus., 362


"Sara K," 218


Sartain, George, Mrs., her school, 261


Sasco, 12


Sasco Swamp Fight, see Great Swamp Fight


Sasqua River, see Mill River


Sassacus, 7; becomes sachem, 8,


9; swears vengeance, 11; in Pequot Swamp battle, 15; es- capes, 16; dies, 16; heroic figure, 17, 18, 19, 20 Sasseakun 32, 33


Saugatuck, 28, 65, 72, 90, 92, 99


Saugatuck River, 21, 22, 65, 72


Saug. Shores, Beach Club, 431 Saunders, John, 136, 170


"Savannah," 218


Saw mill, see Mills


Saxton, Ernest, 434


Saybrook, 8, 10, 12


Scalise, Victor, 233


Scalisi, Guiseppe, 256


Scanlon, Barry, 440


Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co., 395


Schnitzer, Charles, 428


Schmitt, Carl, 437


Schmitt, Robert, 438


Schofield, George 338


School Visitors, 248


Schoolmasters, see Teachers Schools, none, 57; first, 84, 87; conditions in 1839, 245; societies, 246; appropriations, 246; high school, 247 to 250; districts, 250; evening, 251; number


pupils, 251; names, 251; descrip- tion, 256; parochial, 258; private, 259


Schultz, Gilbert, 402


Schultze Market, 372


Schwartz, Frank, 439


Scofield, Charles, 382; David, 206; G. E., 337; Harry, 389; Mayla, 332


Scotson-Clark, George, 443


Scott, Angeline, 328; Agnes, 442; Jennie, 331, 332; John, 280, 281, 326; Richard, 206 Scribner, Enoch, 168; Nearza, 206; Philip, 136


Sculley, John, 288, 403


Sealshipt Oyster Co., 366


Seamer, Matthew, 100


Sears, Zelda, see Wiswell


Segal Lock Co., 428.


Segal, Louis, 428


Seeley, Captain, 82


Seeley, Lyman, 206


Selectmen of Norwalk, 447 to 462


Selleck, Belden, home, 166;


Charles, 181, 236, 259; Frances,


254; Frederick, 206; George,


293; Henry, 242, 245; James,


168; Libby, 335; Sally, 148; Uriah, 216, 264; Victor, 381; Wray, 206


Selleck boys saved, 336


Selwyn, Arch, 441


Selwyn, theater, 439


Sension, Ebenezer, 100; Samuel, 84 Sension or St. John's Beach, 414, 479


Sentinel, 321, 322, 325, 373


Sention, Mark, 38, 44; Matthew, 38, 44, 80, 84; Matthias, Jr., 38; Matthias, 44; Matthias, Sr., 38 Sepous or Tunxis, 4


Settlers of Norwalk impressions, 29; journey, 35, 36; names, 37-44 ; classes, 45; homelots, 46, 47, 48; problems, 51, 63; homes, 52


Sewage Disposal Plant, 425


Sewage pollution, 362, 363, 364 Seymour Brothers, 429 Seymour, Charles, Mrs., 334; James, 169, 206, 316; John, 169, 177, 279, 379, 406; Mrs. John, 434; Mrs. Seymour, 316; O.,


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INDEX.


316; Richard, 31, 32, 38, 45; Thomas, 38, 44, 84; Uriah, 206; William, 167, 169


Seymour Rock, 479


Seymore, Seth, 135, 171


Shafer, Frederick, 438


Shaffer, Geo., Co., 356


Sharp, Eleanor Weed, 410, 411 Sharpie, 351


Shaw, George, 299 Shea, John, 231


Sheehan, Frederick, 402


Sheehan, Marcus, 402


Sheep Rock, 414, 478


Sheffield Island, school dist., 247; 414, 416 Sheffield-on-Sound, see Chimons Shell fish Comm., see Conn. Shell- fish Comm.


Shells, oyster, used 343


Sherer, Henry, 389


Sherman, Charles, 444; John, 444; Roger, 187, 406; Taylor, 187, 246, 406; William T., 444


Sherwood, Samuel, 297


Shipbuilding, 265; at Wilson Point, 399


Shipping, oysters, 344, 348; to Europe, 355, 356 Ships ; here in 1819, 210, 214; steamboat, 215; early boats, 216; to Bridgeport, 217; to New York, 217; across Atlantic, 218; canoes, row, sharpies, sloops, scows, schooners, 351; "Early Bird," 352


Shoakecum, 32, 33 Shoe Blacking, in style, 209


Shorefront Park, 418, 419 Shorehaven, 264


Shorehaven Golf Club, 431 Shuckburg, Dr. Richard, 115, 118, 120 Sicaoggs, 4 Silk, Bryan, 391 Silk hats, 273 "Silk Stocking Co.," 307


Silliman, Joseph, 187; Samuel, 135 Silvermine, origin, 101; water, 317; art colony, 435 to 438 Silvermine river, baptism, 235 Simpson, Alma, 442 Sims, Edward J., 442 Skidmore, Joseph, 296; Samuel, 206 Slaves in Norwalk, 189


Slobodkin, J. E. M., Mrs., 423 "Slow and Easy," 264 Smallpox, 141


Smedley, William, 298


Smith, Asa, 265; 378; Asa E.


. . Smith, 265; Burr, 381; Chap- man, 206; Charles, 206; E. B., 379; Ebenezer, 206; Edwin, 298; Eliakim, 175; Edward, 339, 415; E. H., 310; Ferdinand, 382; Frank, 297; Frederick, 206; Fountain, 160, 161, 171; Ger- shom, 416; Henry, 206; Herbert, 389; Hobart, 265; Irving, 371; James, 168, 206, 337; Joel, 206; John, 206 ; Josiah, 418; Leslie, 327, 377; Louisa, 260; Mallard, 415; Oscar, 293; Russell, 402; Samuel, 38; Samuel, Jr., 100; of Milford, 100; Stephen, 268, 323; Thomas, 100; Walter, 402; Warren, 415; Willa, 332; William, 406


Smith's I., see Sheffield


Smyth, Rev. James, 230


Sniffen, Charles, 402


Snow, Elder, 234


Snow Storm, 92


Soanamatum, 32, 33


Societies, School, 246, 247


Soldiers; in King Philip's War, 82; in French and Indian War, 113; provision for families, 139; in Revolutionary War, 160, 161, 162, 167-171; in War of 1812, 205, 206; in Civil War 292 to 305; in Span. Amer. War, 382 to 384, and appendix; in World War 396 to 405


Solmans, Alden, 227, 252; hat fac- tory, 279, 280, 281, 283, 289 So. New Eng. Tel. Co., 338 South Center School, 245


South Five Mile River School, 254, 255


South Norwalk, 2, 90, 101, 146, 153, 156, 164; church, 192, 224; school, 251; pottery trade, 264; becomes city, 320; mayors, see appendix; burned, 324; library, 326; post office, 372; electric light, 376; consolidation, 387; new bridge, 391 South Norwalk Academy, 259 South Norwalk Baptist church, 233, 327; lighting, 378


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INDEX


South Norwalk Boat Club, 432


South Norwalk Club, 373, 432


South Norwalk Cong. Church, 231 South Norwalk Electric Light Works, 376


South Norwalk Hat Co., 282, 290 South Norwalk Library, 326;


house to house canvass, 326; first bldg., 327; Carnegie aid, 328; gifts, 463


South Norwalk Methodist Church, 191 South Norwalk Oyster Farms Co., 366


South Norwalk Post Office, 372


South Norwalk Printing Co., 321 South Norwalk Savings Bank, 227 South Norwalk Trust Co., 227, 228


Southport, 12, 20; swamp fight, see Great Swamp Fight


South Union School Dist., 247, 253


Southworth, William, 228


Spanish Amer. War, 382 to 384; veterans, 468


Spanish Ship, 125 "Spat," oysters, 342, 343


Spawn, oyster, 343


Spawning, oyster, 343, 344


Spencer, Thomas, 31


"Spring Wagons," 348 Springwood, 296 Springwood Theater, 239


Springwood Union Chapel, 242 Sprite I., 479


Spruce Swamp, 49 Squires, Seeley, 170 Stabell, Thurston, 417


Stage Coach Days, 179-187 ; lines, coach, 182; coachman's import- ance, 183; stage hotel, 184, 214 Stamford, boundary dispute with Norwalk, 72, 73, 76; Tories in, 146, 209, 232, 292; in Civil War, 298; cars, 213; telephones, 337; oysters, 348; oyster grounds, 367


Stamford, Norwalk Tel. Co., 337 Stamford to Fairfield Path, 49 Stamp Act, 126, 127, 129 Standard Oil Co., 27, 428 Stanish, Helena, 375


Stannard, Orson, 240


Stanton, Sanford, 442; Thomas, 14, 15


Starfish feared, 350


Star Union Overall, 427


"State grounds," oysters, 354, 366 to 368, 481


Steam, in Nor. oyster industry, 351 to 353


Steamboat, in Norwalk, 215 "Steamer," for fire department, 307 Stephen's Island, 50, 149, 414, 478 Stephenson, Mary Weed, 410, 411 Sterling, Harry 308


Steup, H. S., 241; Martin, 241


Stevens, Earle, Mrs., 333; Edwin, 309; George, 389; Helen, 260; J. E., 429; Mrs. J. E., 293; James, 244; Jonathan, 100; Widow, 39; Zery, 206


Stevenson, Jonathan, 82 Steward, Robbart, 84


Stewart, John, 78; Robert, 38, 67, 85


Stirdevant, John, 100 Stoddard, Florence, 328


Stone, A. E., 234; Captain, 8; Rev., 86


Stores, old time, 429, 430


Storey, James, Mrs., her school, 261


Stoughton, Capt. Israel, 12, 14, 20 Stratford, 4, 190 Stratton, Frank, 391


Straw Hat Co., 289; Mfg. Co., 289 Strayer, Charlton, 434 Streb Co., 427, 444


Streb, Philip, 427


Street, Henry, 206; John, 168; William, 206, 244, 245, 378


Strike, hat strike of 1884, 270, 279 to 283; strike of 1909, 270, 284-289 Strunsky, Morris, 414, 415 Strut, John, 206; Samuel, 206 Stuart, Edward, 248, 349; Moses, 444 Stuart I., 414, 479


Styles, early Norwalk, 54; see dress


Sturges, Charles, 102; Katherine, 130 Subsidy men, 38, 40, 45 Suffering in jail, 410 Suffrage, 410 to 413


INDEX


Sugar House Prison, 171 Sugden, Benjamin, 382


Sumner, George, 408 Superior Hat Co., 289 Sutherland, Anne, 441


Swaine, "Leeiftenant," 63 Swamp Fight, see Great Swamp Fight Swan, Adam, 206


Swartz, Christian, 289, 303, 304, 327, 335, 432; Frederick, 335 Swedish Beth. Cong. Church, 241 Swedish Luth. Messiah Church, 243 Swine, 56; see pigs also. Symon, Burk, 438 and Mrs. Sy- mon


Synagogue, 242


Tailor, Uriah, 206 Tallmadge Brothers, 366, 367


Tallmadge, Stanley, 309, 366 Tarlov, Aime, 402, 404 Tate, W. S., 379


Tatobam, 17 Tavern Island, 349; see Pilot


Taxes, on tea, 134; abated, here, 173; highway tax, 188; on oys- ter grounds, 355, 357, 358, 365 Taylor and Golden, 373 Taylor, Charles, 329; Ellis H. Mrs., 334, 392; George, 323; Harry, Mrs., 332; Henry, 294; Homer, 372; James, 326; Levi, 113, 167; Mariposa, 334; Mayor, 281; Nelson, 322, 326, 376, 406; Thomas, 38, 84, 100 Tea, tax on, 134 Teachers, early, 57; first, 83, 84 Telegrams, 339, 340


Telephones, Norwalkers skepti- cal, 337; S. N. E. T. Co., 338; models, 338; locations, 339 Tellerwain, Timothy, 268


Temperance, see Little L'Ham- mock Tempest I., 414, 478 Tennent, William, 129 Terris, Arthur, 272


Thanksgiving, 106, 107, 108, 109 Thatcher, Josiah, 216; Thomas,


124 Thatcher's Mill, 187 Thayer, Harry, 437 Theatrical Colony, 439


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"The Bridge," 101, 153, 217, 381 ; city, 382


"The Rocks," 151; battle, 157, 158; monument, 169 Thomas, Charles, 228, 244, 268; Ed., 385-6; Edward, 323; Ed- win, 445; Mabel, 261, 332; Ru- dolph, 442 Thomas Restaurant, 228


Thomas School, 27, 261


Thomes, Charles, 309, 375; Earl, 309; Ephraim, 375 Thompson, Frank, 417, 436; Geo., Mrs., 334; Rebecca Mason, 316 Thorne, Pauline, 439 Thorp, Stephen, 173


Tilly's Carriage Factory, 233


Tire and Rubber Co., see Nor- walk T. and R. Co. Tobacco, drinking, 68


Tobey, Charles, 356 Tokaneke, 22, 65


Toll charges, on bridge, 393


Tolles, M. H., 379


Tomakergo, 22, 65 Toomey, Daniel, 395


Toreadors, 421


Tories, in Norwalk, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153 "Town Grounds," oysters, 354, 366 to 368, 481 Town Hall, 97 Town House, 176, 177


Town records, first, 56


Towne, H. R., 337, 338


Towne Street, 48, 49


Townsend, Harry, 437


Towntom, 32, 33 Tracey, John, 301


Tracey, W. J., 260, 288, 301, 389, 409; Mrs. Tracey, 422 Tracey, W. W., 409 Tracks in Norwalk raised, 224, 339 Train Band, 185


Trains, here, 218; horse railroad, 219; line to Mass., 219; N. Y. N. H. and Hartford, 221; first train here, 221; Drawbridge Catastrophe, 222; grade cross- ings, 224 Tramway Co., 312 Transportation, 213, 214-225; horse cars, 311; autos, 384; 1929, 425


512


INDEX


Trask, Capt. William, 14 Traveling, early, 81


Treadwell, John, 381 Trent, William P., 443 "Trimmer," of kerosene lamps, 372


Trinity Church, 154, 155, 176, 235, 236, 237


Tristram and Hyatt's, 187, 429


Tristram, Charles, 228, 429


Truman, Jessie, 260


Trumbull, 124, 127, 131, 160, 201


Tryon, General, 141, 142, 144, 145, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155 to 159 Tucker, Edward, 223; H. H., 240 Tuition, in


Norwalk schools; free, 251, 253 Tully, Bernard, 381 Tunxis or Sepous, 4


Tuttle, George, 298; H. Croswell, Mrs., 333, 373; John, 390


Twin lambs born, 175


"Two acre law," 349 Tyler, Alan, 372


Tyndall, Muriel, 438 Tyng, Harriet, 443


Udelman, Louis, 176, 373 Uncas, 2, offers aid to English, 9, discussion of 17, 18, 19; monu- ment erected to, 19, 20 "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 439 Underhill, James, 266 Underwood, Carlton, 400 Unkowas, 4 Union School District, 247, 253


Universal Hat Co., 289


University Women, 421 U. S. Fish Comm. Bulletin, 356


Value, oyster grounds, 365 Van Buren, Robert, 432 Van Coevering, Jeanette, 403 Van Curler, Jacob, 7


Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 217, 400; Henry, 294 Vanderbilt, R. T., Co., 427 Van Doren, DeWitt, 233 Van Horne, Madam, 180 Van Scoy, Fred, 340 Van Twiller, Governor, 7 "Vested Rights," 1n oyster grounds, 349


Veterans Foreign Wars, post and aux., 404


Veterinarians, 466 Village Room, 432 Volk, Charles, 307, 389; J. Volk, 375, 377 Volk Hat Co., 289 Vollmer, Charles, 382; William, 288


Wade, Elizabeth, 442


Wages, in 1850, 263; in hat strike, 279, 284; in Civil War, 297


Waite, L. M., Mrs., 334 Wakefield, Henriette, 442


Wakeman, W. J., 408


Waldron, Arthur, 393


Walkley, Shailor, 256 Walling, Anna, 415 Walsh, John, 267, 388, 394, 397, 407


Wampasum, 32, 33 Wangunks or Wangums, 4


War of 1812, 200; interferes with shipping, 200, 201; Norwalk very patriotic, 201; resolution, 202; blockades, 204, 205; Nor- walkers in, 205, 206


Ward, Thomas, 38; William, 329, 389 Ware Creek, 351 Wareing, Edmond, 100 Warner, Levi, 406, 407 Warren, George, 351; Isaac, 206; Samuel, 198


Washington, George, 142, 158, 160, 166, 180


Washington St. Bridge, see Bridge


Washington St. Crossing, 224 Washington School, 251, 258 Wason, Robert, 443


Wasson, John, 244


Waterbury, George H., 297; Lewis, 206; Phinehas, Mrs., 147 Waters, John, 161 Watertown, 22, 23 Water Works, for Norwalk, 317; for South Norwalk, 317, 318, 319


Waterworth, James. 298 Watkins, Mary, 438; S. H., 237 Wayne, "Mad Anthony," 160, 176 Wear Ever Slipper Co., 428 Webb, John, 206; Moses, 169; Richard, 31, 32, 33, 38, 44, 45 Wedding, see Norwalk Wedding


513


INDEX


Weed, Charles, 206; David, 206, 402; George, 206; Helena Hill. 26, 165, 190, 410, 411, 412; { Henry, 206; James, 206; Jarvis, :206; John, 206; Oliver, 417; Samel, 255; Scudder, 206; Sel- lick, 206; Thomas, 294 Weeks, William, 206 Wehrle, John, 416


Weld, Margaret, 403


Wells, Dorothy, 332


Welsh, Joseph, 303


Wenderoth, Amelia, 405


Wentworth, Edward, 170


Wentworth Tavern, 180


Wenzel, Ewald, 241


Wepawaugs, 4 Werner, J. Benton, 238 West, Henry, 442 "Westchester,": 217 Western Union, 339, 340 West Indies, boats to, 16, 216, 262 Westlake, William, 298


Weston, 100, 190, 196, 198, 211, 232; in Civil War, 298; tele- phones, 338


West Norwalk, 92, 146


West Norwalk Meth. Mission, 242 West Norwalk School, 251, 253 West Norwalk Union Chapel, 242, 254


Westport, 13, 72, 99, 100, 141, 198; trains, 219; in Civil War, 298; newspaper, 321, 323; telephones, 338; oyster grounds, 367, 368 Westport Advertiser, 323 "Westport Hour," 321, 323 West White Rock, 414; east, 414, 479


Wethersfield, 8, 9


Wheeler, Arthur, 289, 323, 381, 382; Frederick, 307; Howard, 292; Nathaniel, 293; Roy, 386 Whelpley, G. A., 377 Whistleville, 241, 296


White, Commodore, 336; Effinger, 417; George, 303; Peter, 136 Whitehead, John W., 428 White School, 260 Whitinge, Giles, 38 Whitlock, Hezekiah, 168, 214 Whitne, Joseph, 100 Whitney, Abraham, 136; David,


171, 216; Henry, 63; Hezekiah, 136, 168; Lewis, 206, 244 Whitney, John, 79, 100 Wickenhauser, Hans, 416; Margh- retta, 418


Wilcox, Matthew, 206; Nathaniel, 372; R. M. Mrs., 335; William, 206


Wilcoxson, A. H., 298, 308.


Wilker, Max, 427


Wilkins, William, 337


Williams, Albert, 382; Judge, 370; Roger, 6


Wilson, Benjamin, 100; Herman, 401; J., 289, 406; Margaret, 330, 331, 412; O. E., 282


Wilson's Point, 25, 26, 28, 29, 65, 146, 148; new road to, 178; trains to, 219, 220; telephone, 338; oyster shells, 347, 351; in World War, 399


Wilson Point Cove, see Cove


Wilton, 76, 78, 90, 92, 99, 100, 102, 152, 195, 196, 209; Baptists, 233; in Civil War, 298; water, 319; telephones, 338 Winchester, Albert, 376


Windsor, 8, 9, 21


Wing, H. E., 321; Henry, Mrs., 332


Winnapucke, 32 Winnipauk, 65; schools, 251; horse cars, 312, 313; water, 317; telephone, 338; post office, 371, 416


Winnipauk Island, 416


Winnipauk Post Office, 371


Winnipauk School, 251, 256 Winthrop, Gov. John, 20, 23 Wireman, John, 206 Wissman, Nat., 176


Wiswell, Zelda Sears, 26, 442 Witch Lane, 150


Wolcott, Roger, Gov., 125, 126, 143 Wolcott, Oliver, 137, 141, 143, 157, 158, 159, 160 Wolfe, Robert, 321, 389


Wolff, William A., 443 Wolthausen, 285, 288, 289 Wolves, 79 Woman's B'd. Hosp., 433


Woman's City Club, 420 Woman's Club, 420


Women, Norwalk, 55, 108; hys-


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INDEX


terical, 152; build community house, 231; in World War, 403; in suffrage, 410; clubs, 420 to 423 Women's Christ. Temp. Union, 327


Wood, Enoch, 298, 299; Goodman, 147; Joseph, 206; Mabel, 335; Stephen, 169


Wood Island, 414, 416


Woodruff, Curtis T., 237


Woods, Henry, 404


Woodward, Asa, 41, 406; Elbirt, 418; George, 227, 260, 433, 434 Wooley, J. J., 291, 294; Mary Emma, 444


Wooster, David, 141, 144


Wopigwooit, sells land, 7; dies, 8, 9 World War, 396 to 404; Norwalk- ers leave, 396; record, 396, 402; Sixth Co., 397; Co. D, 102nd, 398; National Guard, 398; Kaiser comes here, 399; Wilson Point, 399; Armistice, 400 : cannon dedi- cated, 401, 402 ; killed or died, 402 ; women in, 403; war posts, 404


Wrenn, Mrs. Carrie, 26, 27;


Charles, 26


Wright, Edith, 440; Freelove, 95; George and George, Jr., 440; George, Mrs., 332; Obadiah, 136; Olive, 440; Richardson, 438, 442


Yachting hats, 275 Yale, early times, 123, 131 YD club, 404


Yankee Doodle House, in Nor- walk, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120; in Rensselaer, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120


Yohn, Fred, 437


Young, Amy, 334, Brigham, 234; Crawford, 438


Y. M. C. A., 399, 403, 434


Y. M. H. A., 243, 372, 399, 423 Youngs, John, 294


Zoeller, William, 402


Zoo, author of publication, 444


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